For example, both 悲しさ and 悲しみ are glossed as “sadness” in JMdict. What's the difference?
According to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar, 〜み “is more emotive and concrete characterization of some ...

Ok, so I've been reading よつばと recently, and I've been seeing a suffix coming up that I cannot seem to find a meaning for. It's not in any dictionary, and I'm not sure if it's a name suffix, or some ...

I've read that potential form of the ru-verb is formed by replacing る with られる, which is exactly the same for the passive form of ru-verbs. How can we tell the passive form and potential apart in this ...

I've come across this once or twice where people will say someone's name and then add 'め' in an irritable/victorious tone [e.g: ヒカルめ, マコトめ, etc.], but I've yet to find a textbook example explaining ...

About five nights ago I went out with a local friend to a traditional Okinawan club in Naha.
We were of course drinking 泡盛{あわもり} (awamori) with water and ice.
But the girl working there had a drink ...

I came across the structure [V simple-past]とはいえ、、、、 and I can't figure out exactly what it means.
I found this いえ is 言え, and it means the same as とは言うものの...Which I don't really understand perfectly ...

If you have the name of a shop plus さん, what possibilities are there for the translation? I get the sense that it can either be a formal way to speak, or it can mean the store person.
薬屋 = pharmacy
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(Note: I'm part of the "I know bits and pieces of Japanese from watching anime" group, so I lack an in-depth knowledge of Japanese)
As I'm hearing Japanese occasionally there will be an English word ...

I've noticed that some studies are named with a 論 suffix in Japanese, and effectively in Korean as well. They are otherwise simply suffixed with 学 in Chinese and Vietnamese. Compare these examples:
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I came across this line of dialgue, and I'm wondering what the lengthened version would be. For context, the series is in the middle of a tournamet (there are teams, but players compete individually), ...

When you want to connect a 活用語 (inflectable word) to something else, generally you inflect it to the 連用形 (continuative form). However, with 形容詞 (i-adjectives), there are certain times where you affix ...